1992/93: Parma outgun brave Antwerp
Tuesday 1 June 1993
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Lorenzo Minotti celebrates winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (©Getty Images)
Parma AC 3-1 R. Antwerp FC
Wembley Stadium, London
The Wembley final was a glittering occasion but both clubs took a tortuous route to London. Parma AC squeezed past Ujpesti TC 2-1, then drew 0-0 at home to Boavista FC before winning 2-0 in Portugal. After beating AC Sparta Praha (conquerors of defending champions SV Werder Bremen), they won the away leg of their semi-final against Club Atlético de Madrid 2-1, only to lose 0-1 at home.
Close contests
R. Antwerp FC needed a penalty shoot-out to beat the Irish part-timers of Glenavon FC in the first round. Then, having beaten FC Admira Wacker 4-2 in Austria, they contrived to lose 4-3 at home. In the quarter-final against Steaua Bucuresti an 82nd minute goal by Alex Czerniatynski let them through on the away-goals rule and, in the semi-finals a controversial penalty allowed them to beat Spartak Moscow 3-2 on aggregate.
Resilient run ended by Parma
Walter Meeuws’ side showed similar resilience in the Wembley final. Parma AC opened the scoring in the 10th minute when goalkeeper Steven Stojanovic misjudged a corner and allowed Parma’s captain, Lorenzo Minotti to hook the ball home. But the Belgians replied within two minutes, Czerniatynski playing a lovely through-ball to Francis Severeyns. The Italians began to dominate an end-to-end game and Alessandro Melli headed them 2-1 ahead after half an hour. Antwerp offered sterling resistance in the second half but the game was put beyond their reach six minutes from time when Stefan Cuoghi curled in the third. Parma had become the eighth Italian team to win a European trophy.
| R. Antwerp FC - Parma AC | 1 - 3 |
| Stage | Final |
| Half-Time | 1 - 2 |
| Date | 12.05.1993 |
| Kick-Off | 19:15:00 |
| Venue | Wembley |
| City/Town | London |
| Attendance | 37393 |
| Referee | ASSENMACHER Karl-Josef (GER) |
| Match Report |
 | 9' | 4 MINOTTI Lorenzo | |||
| 12' | 9 SEVEREYNS Francis | |||
 | 27' | 8 ZORATTO Daniele (out) / 14 PIN Gabriele (in) | |||
| 30' | 7 MELLI Alessandro | |||
 | 32' | 3 DI CHIARA Alberto | |||
| 37' | 9 SEVEREYNS Francis | |||
| 57' | 6 JAKOVLJEVIC Dragan (out) / 14 VAN VEIRDEGHEM Patrick (in) | |||
| 65' | 8 SEGERS Didier | |||
| 66' | 9 OSIO Marco (out) / 15 PIZZI Fausto (in) | |||
| 82' | 3 BROECKAERT Nicolas | |||
| 86' | 10 CUOGHI Stefano | |||
| 86' | 8 SEGERS Didier (out) / 15 MOUKRIM Noureddine (in) | |||
| Team Line-Ups | |
| R. Antwerp FC | Parma AC |
| 1 STOJANOVIC Stevan (G) | 1 BALLOTTA Marco (G) |
| 2 KIEKENS Wim | 2 BENARRIVO Antonio |
| 3 BROECKAERT Nicolas | 3 DI CHIARA Alberto |
| 4 TAEYMANS Rudi | 4 MINOTTI Lorenzo (C) |
| 5 SMIDTS Rudi (C) | 5 APOLLONI Luigi |
| 6 JAKOVLJEVIC Dragan | 6 GRÜN Georges |
| 7 VAN RETHY Ronny | 7 MELLI Alessandro |
| 8 SEGERS Didier | 8 ZORATTO Daniele |
| 9 SEVEREYNS Francis | 9 OSIO Marco |
| 10 LEHNHOFF Hans-Peter | 10 CUOGHI Stefano |
| 11 CZERNIATYNSKI Alexandre | 11 BROLIN Tomas |
| Substitutes | |
| 16 DE CONINCK Willem (G) | 12 FERRARI Marco (G) |
| 12 EMMERECHTS Geert | 13 MATRECANO Salvatore |
| 13 DE GRAEF Garry | 14 PIN Gabriele |
| 14 VAN VEIRDEGHEM Patrick | 15 PIZZI Fausto |
| 15 MOUKRIM Noureddine | 16 ASPRILLA Faustino |
| Head Coach | |
| MEEUWS Walter | SCALA Nevio |
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